Malcolm x
•Many blacks were not patient and peaceful when it came to protest
•In the late 1960s many poor ghettos erupted into rioting and burning property
•Slogan was “Burn baby burn”
•The Afro hair style and raised clenched fist became the symbol for resistance
•“Black Power”•Became the leader of the black Muslims in the USA
•Blacks rejected Christianity as a ‘white’ religion
•He had contempt for those who followed Martin Luther King’s pacifist methods
•He believed blacks needed to protest with force
•Assassinated in 1965, possibly because of his disputes with the black Muslim Movement
•In the late 1960s many poor ghettos erupted into rioting and burning property
•Slogan was “Burn baby burn”
•The Afro hair style and raised clenched fist became the symbol for resistance
•“Black Power”•Became the leader of the black Muslims in the USA
•Blacks rejected Christianity as a ‘white’ religion
•He had contempt for those who followed Martin Luther King’s pacifist methods
•He believed blacks needed to protest with force
•Assassinated in 1965, possibly because of his disputes with the black Muslim Movement
Who was more influential, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr. ?
Summary
Malcolm X was the leader of the black Muslims in the US. At this time, Blacks rejected Christianity as a 'white' religion. Also, Malcolm X had contempt for those who followed the particular methods of Martin Luther King. Also, he had definitely believed that blacks had needed to protest 'with force'. In 1965, he was then assassinated.